Salix eriocephala Richard Lynch the species wants cool

the species wants cool

the bone apple asks for full sun to part shade and little else

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Salix eriocephala Richard Lynch the species wants coolSalix eriocephala, the heart leaved or Missouri River willow, is a graceful native shrub, sometimes a modest multi stemmed tree, of riverbanks and wet meadows across northern and eastern North America. The plant rises on several trunks clad in coarse gray bark, reaching roughly eight to a dozen feet in the garden and more in wild thickets, and the epithet eriocephala, meaning woolly headed, points to the soft, silky catkins that give the willow much